Kirby Larson

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Kirby Lane Larson is an American writer of children's books including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Her book, Hattie Big Sky, was a finalist for the 2007 Scandiuzzi Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards, and won a 2007 Newbery Honor. Kirby is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA program. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival and Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle both have won a Show-Me Award.

She lives in Kenmore, Washington with her husband, Neil.

Bibliography

Second-Grade Pig Pals (1994)
Cody and Quinn, Sitting in a Tree (1996)
The Magic Kerchief (2000)
Hattie Big Sky (2006)
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival (2008)
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle (2009)
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle Washington, 1941 (2010)
The Friendship Doll (2011)

External links

Official website
Kirby's Lane official blog
Hattie Big Sky
2008 Audio Interview of Kirby Larson at Childrensbookradio
MotherDaughterBookClub.com 2010 interview with Kirby Larson at MotherDaughterBookClub
Kirby Larson at Library of Congress Authorities — with 17 catalog records

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64334919 LCCN: n93038501 BNF: cb15698094v

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